| The Invisible Man Appears | |||||
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| Director: | Nobuo Adachi | ||||
| Producer: | Hisashi Okuda | ||||
| Screenplay: | Nobuo Adachi | ||||
| Story: | Akimitsu Takagi | ||||
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| Music: | Goro Nishi | ||||
| Cinematography: | Hideo Ishimoto | ||||
| Editing: | Shigeo Nishida | ||||
| Studio: | Daiei Film | ||||
| Distributor: | Daiei | ||||
| Runtime: | 87 minutes | ||||
| Country: | Japan | ||||
| Language: | Japanese | ||||
is a 1949 Japanese science fiction tokusatsu film directed by Nobuo Adachi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.[1] The film was loosely based on H. G. Wells' 1897 The Invisible Man and produced by Daiei Film, the film stars Kanji Koshiba, Chizuru Kitagawa, Takiko Mizunoe, Daijirō Natsukawa, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, and Kichijiro Ueda.
A gang of thugs intend to use an invisibility formula created by Professor Nakazato to rob a priceless jewel necklace "The Tears of Amour."
The Invisible Man Appears was influenced by exposure to American films during the Allied Occupation of Japan following World War II. [2]
The film was initially tentatively titled Invisible Demon by Hisashi Okuda. According to Okuda, When he showed the plan to Eiji Tsuburaya, who had just been expelled from public office, Tsuburaya promised, "I am willing to cooperate because I believe this is worth considering."[3]
The Invisible Man Appears was released in Japan in 1949. The film and its follow-up were never released outside of Japan until Arrow Video released the film on Blu-ray March 15, 2021.[4]
See main article: The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly. Daiei produced a second film inspired by H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man novel, titled, which was released to Japanese theaters on August 25, 1957.